1922 Nov 7 :: State of Massachusetts :: Referendum :: Shall a law(Chapter 427 of the Acts of 1922 )enacted to enforce in Massachusetts the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which provides that except as authorized by the act, the manufacture, sale, barter, transportation, importation, exportation, delivery, furnishing or possessing of any intoxicating liquor, as defined in the act, shall be a criminal offence and be punished in the manner prescribed by the act, which law was passed in the House of Representatives by a majority of 134 in the affirmative to 68 in the negative, and in the Senate by a majority of 28 in the affirmative to 9 in the negative, and was approved by His Excellency the Governor, be approved?

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Ballot Question Results

Ward	Yes	No	Total Votes Cast	Blank Votes	Total Ballots Cast
Totals	8,817	9,935	18,752	2,935	21,687
1 Less «	700	1,293	1,993	398	2,391
Precinct 1	358	549	907	156	1,063
Precinct 2	236	364	600	95	695
Precinct 3	87	228	315	72	387
Precinct 4	19	152	171	75	246
2 Less «	316	1,144	1,460	404	1,864
Precinct 1	57	243	300	97	397
Precinct 2	196	641	837	208	1,045
Precinct 3	63	260	323	99	422
3 Less «	1,032	1,009	2,041	326	2,367
Precinct 1	567	510	1,077	168	1,245
Precinct 2	465	499	964	158	1,122
4 Less «	817	1,082	1,899	277	2,176
Precinct 1	396	590	986	146	1,132
Precinct 2	421	492	913	131	1,044
5 Less «	1,442	1,549	2,991	434	3,425
Precinct 1	729	574	1,303	144	1,447
Precinct 2	472	438	910	122	1,032
Precinct 3	241	537	778	168	946
6 Less «	1,587	1,775	3,362	458	3,820
Precinct 1	336	470	806	108	914
Precinct 2	300	416	716	116	832
Precinct 3	421	356	777	98	875
Precinct 4	530	533	1,063	136	1,199
7 Less «	2,923	2,083	5,006	638	5,644
Precinct 1	668	361	1,029	155	1,184
Precinct 2	697	444	1,141	112	1,253
Precinct 3	623	511	1,134	185	1,319
Precinct 4	486	465	951	111	1,062
Precinct 5	449	302	751	75	826
Totals	8,817	9,935	18,752	2,935	21,687